Chapter Twenty

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Maedhros looked up as Rowan came in and pulled a chair over. "Where are Aegnor and Maglor?" He asked.

"I sent them to my house so they can actually sleep for a few hours," Rowan said.

Maedhros nodded and looked down. Rowan looked at him and then said, "We will need to talk about it eventually. I know you're not ready yet but I am here when you are."

"Thanks..." Maedhros mumbled. He swallowed and then said, "It was worse than Angband...the place I was. What they did...in Angband I was able to figure to about pattern and they showed emotion. Where I was there was nothing and it seemed nothing can even phase them."

Rowan put a gentle hand on Maedhro's back as he hung his head and covered his face. He saw his shoulders shaking as he spoke and even more after he hung his head. "Perhaps we can start at the beginning...I mean you went through a lot before you reawoke. Maybe you'll feel better starting there rather then what happened after you woke up." He said.

Maedhros swallowed and nodded slowly. "Okay...can we start now?" He said softly.

Rowan gave him a smile and moved back to his chair. "Alright. Where do you want to begin?"

Maedhros thought and started after Feanor began to obsess over the Silmarils.

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A few days passed and Maglor eventually had to say goodbye to Maedhros.

"Kano. Your squeezing again," Maedhros said as he was being smushed in his brother's embrace.

Maglor let go and said, "Sorry. I would just rather not go,"

"I know...but don't you work for part of the government?" He pointed out.

Maglor gave a nod and said, "Okay. I see where you are going with this, however, we can look on the bright side we can still talk to each other by phone. Which is far easier than sending letters to each other."

Maedhros let out a chuckle and said, "Yeah,"

"Maglor. You have a flight to catch," Rowan said. Maglor let out a sigh and gave his brother one last hug and left the room. Once the room was empty except for Maedhors and Rowan.

"What did you tell him to convince him to leave?" Maedhros asked.

"That does not matter," He replied. He then looked at the door as Dr. Blackwell walked in and said, "Maedhros. There is someone here who wants to talk to you,"

Maedhros frowned and asked, "Who is it?"

Rowan heard the slight panic in his voice, he took a breath and said, "Tell them that right now the only family are allowed to see them."

She nodded and left the room. Rowan turned to Maedhros and said, "That was a bit strange,"

Maedhros just nodded and took a deep breath. Rowan looked at him and sat down, "Want to listen to how I met Maglor?"

Maedhros gave a quick nod and Rowan began telling him the story of how he met his brother. Maedhros relaxed a bit as Rowan talked. He was not sure why he started to get so worried that someone else besides his brothers wanted to talk to him. He was also unsure about why there was someone else who wanted to talk to him. He just shook his head and settled back more and started to smile as he listened to Rowan's story. 

After Rowan finished Maedhros looked at him and asked, "Rowan? Why do you think I started to get worried about that someone else wanted to see me?" 

"Well for one it was a bit suspicious and two, it could be anxiety. Which could have come from what happened to you." Rowan replied. "Yet, let's just focus one thing at a time." 

"Alright," Maedhros said. 

"Also, I talked to someone people and worked out somethings so you can get a laptop in here for you to learn more about the world," Rowan said. 

"Thank you," Maedhros said. 

Rowan gave him a nod and said, "Well. I should go and take care of somethings." 

Maedhors nodded and sat back in the wheelchair as Rowan left the room. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. He looked out the window and when he looked down he saw a man dressed in a suit walk out to a car. Yet, he felt something strange about this person. Yet, he could not seem to place it. He watched the man get in the car and after a few minutes, they drove away. 

"Hmm," Maedhros said to himself as he looked back up at the sky.

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